# Congressional reapportionment numbers are in **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-reapportionment-numbers-are-in/940808 "2021-04-26T19:54:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-reapportionment-numbers-are-in/940808/50 "2021-04-28T02:38:51Z")
> **[Census: Minnesota keeps all 8 U.S. House seats, barely](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/04/26/census-to-reveal-whether-minnesota-will-lose-house-seat)** > > Had New York state counted 89 more people in the 2020 census, it would not have lost a seat and Minnesota would have. It’s the narrowest such margin recorded since at least 1940. Minnesota keeps 8 seats by the skin of 89 Minnesotans’ teeth. Governor Cuomo responds: > **[New York Could Sue to Prevent Loss of Congressional Seat, Cuomo Says](https://nynow.wmht.org/blogs/politics/new-york-could-sue-to-prevent-censusrelated-loss-of-congressional-seat-cuomo-says/)** > > Cuomo said the margin by which New York is expected to lose that seat — 89 residents — is too slim, and could be the result of a mistake. And there’s this explanation from a Minnesotan: > [@](#): > > “ **We’re good, civic-minded people who like to respond to questionnaires, like from the census,** ” said Peter Wattson, a former state government attorney and redistricting expert who has preemptively sued the state, seeking to have the courts redraw its congressional and state legislative districts I’ve always thought Minnesotans have a cultural affinity for the Great White North, as demonstrated by this thread from six years ago: > [@You fill out my Census (Canada 2016 version)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fill-out-my-census-canada-2016-version/753784): > > It’s that time again folks. In true spirit of people who long for law, order and good government we [crashed the servers](https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/census-so-lit?utm_term=.imQQVxg0K6#.qnEjXoDEJO)smiley [CBC link](http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/census-2016-nerds-1.3563808). Go Canada! Show Harper that we LIKE having information collected that is used for various planning events. So I was going to fill it out this morning, the website seemed to be working, but I need a few details from folks that I can’t confirm until this evening. I still have 7 days to do it. Does anyone know how my roommate/friend has to answer re: gender.… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congressional-reapportionment-numbers-are-in/940808)._